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UNITED STATES PATENT Omron.,

RUSSEL B. 'WHITZEL OF GIN OINN ATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO I). VILSON 8U SONS,

` OF SAME PLACE.

HAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,819, dated August 7, 1883' Application led June 2G, 1883.

of Ohio,-have invented new and useful Improvements in Haines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hames for harness;

. and the novelty consists in the construction the casting.

and adaptation of the casting for the lower portion thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in i the claims.

Hames as heretofore constructed, where wood and iron have been oombined,have ordinarily been expensive, owing in great part to the fact that the casting had to be made with a lcore and that the wood had to be bent to conform to the curvature of the hame at that point.

holdback, and the draft-staple all in a single piece, having a curved side and an inclined bearing for the wood of the hame.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I is a front elevation of one side of a hame complete, andv Fig. 2 a perspective view of the casting. o

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in both the figures, A designates the wood of the hame, B, the back iron, and C designates This casting is made to conform in transverse section to the ordinary shape of a hame, and has a curved portion, c. The

wood A is shouldered at a to abut squarely against a corresponding shoulder on the casting, and said wood has an extended bearing in the socket-bearing formed, as here shown, by the inclined surfaces c and c. The wood (Model.)

A,it will be seen',has a bearing on the curved side -c of the casting in one direction and against the incline c in the opposite direction, and the two are secured together by bolts, as shown. YThe casting C is provided with an offset, C', which is adapted to underlie the back iron, B, and has the draft-staple d, with its strengthening-base D and the strap-loop di.

From a point near the draft-staple d extends across the face of the hame, so as to bear on the oval surface of the wood, a shank, D, and from this shank rises the loop d, which engages the holdback-ringf. This loop d occupies an inclined position across the hame, and has a perforatedl foot,i, which bears-upon and is secured to the oval face of the hame. As shown, the shank D extends only partly Vacross the face of the hame, but it may, if

desired, be made to form a bridge at that point. VTo lighten the casting a recess is formed at c2, all the sides of which liare toward the back of the casting. From this construction it will be seen that the casting can readily be made Without a core, and that the wood need not be bent, as its plane is approximately straight.

y This form of haine is cheaply and readily made, is light, strong, serviceable, and sightly. It avoids many of the difficult features which have heretofore existed, and servesits purpose efficiently.

Modieations in details maybe made without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention, the essential features of which are fully illustrated, and will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it relates.

Heretofore a hame has been made of unbent wood combined with a metallic frame, and such therefore I do not broadly claim; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Y l. In a hame, and in combination with the straight wood A, havingy shoulder a, a casting of metal having its faces all inclined so that it may be cast without a core, and having the draft-staple with its strengthening-head, the holdback-connection, and the strap-loop, all

cast in a single piece with the socket-bearing.

c c', substantially as described.

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Intestimonywhereof I have hereunto Set my handin the presence of two subscribing 1o Witnesses.

2. The casting C, having offset-lip C, the draft-stap1e d, and its strengthening-base D', the Strap-loop d2, the holdback-loop d D, with 5 der made in a single piece, as described, c0nstructed and adapted to serve with the Wood A, having shoulder wand the back iron, B, and ring f, substantially as described.

Vitnesses:

J. A. MCGROSKEY, WILLIAM H. BESUDEN.

foot i, the incline C', Curved side c, and shoull RUSSEL B WHITZET, 

